GNURLOPT_ACCEPTTIMEOUT_MS(3)

📦 version 7.72.0, in nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable

💅 GNURLOPT_ACCEPTTIMEOUT_MS(3) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the GNURLOPT_ACCEPTTIMEOUT_MS(3) page — it lives in the curl_easy_setopt options manual, and it's here to explain one very specific FTP connect-back timeout. no cap, it's niche but iconic. 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

  • CURLOPT_ACCEPTTIMEOUT_MS — timeout waiting for FTP server to connect back. literally what it says on the tin, bestie. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <gnurl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_ACCEPTTIMEOUT_MS, long ms);

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Pass a long telling libcurl the maximum number of milliseconds to wait for a server to connect back to libcurl when an active FTP connection is used. that's the whole vibe: you're handing libcurl a patience budget for the FTP server's little connect-back moment. ⏳✨

🎀 DEFAULT 🎀

60000 milliseconds

six-zero-zero-zero-zero, bestie — the default patience is a whole minute. 🫶

🦋 PROTOCOLS 🦋

FTP

FTP only, periodt. no sneaky other protocols here. 💀

🌈 EXAMPLE 🌈

look at this lil' snippet, it's giving "set the timeout and go":

CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "ftp://example.com/path/file");

  /* wait no more than 5 seconds for FTP server responses */
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_ACCEPTTIMEOUT_MS, 5000L);

  curl_easy_perform(curl);
}

👑 AVAILABILITY 👑

Added in 7.24.0 — this baddie landed back in the day. 🎀

💜 RETURN VALUE 💜

Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not. slay when it works, and you know exactly which error you got when it doesn't. 💅

🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

bye bestie 🫶 — this page is from libcurl 7.37.0, dated 19 Jun 2014. slay and happy FTPing 💅✨

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